Build 2013

At Build, we'll share updates and talk about what's next for Windows, Windows Server, Windows Azure, Visual Studio, and more. Build is the path to creating and implementing your great ideas, and then differentiating them in the market. Join us for three days of immersivepresentations delivered by the engineers behind our products and services, while networking with thousands of other developers getting the first look at what's next.

Windows 8.1 optimizes the way your apps are packaged and distributed. No longer do we make users download all localized strings, high-scale assets, or DirectX textures just to run their app; now they get only what they need. Do you use a very common library inside your app? No problem. Windows 8.1 also...

Windows 8.1 supports the use of fingerprint authentication for its own core scenarios such as buying apps from the Windows Store and purchasing music, to name a few. This talk will describe how your Windows Store apps can also use fingerprints to easily identify users for scenarios such as biometrics-based...

DirectX, XAML or HTML? This session will cover the strengths of the different Windows 8.1 presentation technologies and provide guidance on when to use each, or to mix and match the different technologies.

Windows 8.1 makes it easy for you to create apps that control devices using the Human Interface Devices (HID) industry standard. This session goes deep into the design of the new Windows Runtime HID API and walks you through the API and its functionality. It also demonstrates a custom HID peripheral...

3D printing is a high profile and transformational technology, and Windows now includes support for 3D printers. This session provides everything you need to know to add 3D printing capability to your apps and to integrate 3D printer devices with Windows. Also see our interview with Kris Iverson.

Windows 8.1 makes it easy for you to create apps that control custom devices like robots, data sensors, fitness devices, and smart games using industry standards like Bluetooth. Go in depth with the designer of these new Windows Runtime APIs and learn how to write apps that discover and communicate with...

Windows makes it easy for developers to create apps that can talk to their device, such as a phones or TV, by using Wi-Fi Direct. This session describes the key concepts, APIs, and samples, and walks through examples that show how Windows Store apps can use these APIs to control Wi-Fi Direct devices.

Windows 8.1 enables you to add new location aware scenarios to your Windows Store Apps. Here you will find information and a walkthrough of the Windows Geolocation API additions, the Geofencing APIs, and the new location background task type. Come see these demonstrated using an example app - location...

If you are building a Windows driver for your device this talk is for you. We will talk about innovations in driver development. This talk highlights the new user mode driver framework (UMDF 2.0) that is now unified with the KMDF model. This new model lets you start your development in user mode and...

​Discover how changes in Internet Explorer 11, including the IE 11 user-agent string, will help sites "just work" while running more modern code. Gain insight into the risks of browser detection, how it influences IE 11, and alternative approaches you can use to build more robust sites. Finally,...